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Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Willis Towers Watson Australia has launched its first Australian-domiciled fund, the Australia Global Equity Focus Fund (GEFF), a multi-manager fund that integrates GEFF is able to incorporate ESG and sustainable principles. Stuart Gray, portfolio manager ...

TelstraSuper joins Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has signed on to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The code was developed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) in 2018 as a way to increase the transparency and accountability ...

First State Super signs Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
First State Super has become a signatory to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The Code was developed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and "provides principles and guidance to promote higher ...

Cbus becomes Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Cbus has become the fifth signatory to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) launched the code, which covers activities including exercising voting rights, company engagement, monitoring ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian National University (ANU) Endowment Fund has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage an Australian fixed income strategy that integrates ESG. The strategy invests in active Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay - negative ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... but also about how your investment approach will shape the future of your stakeholders, whether they're a university endowment or beneficiaries of a superannuation fund." Mercer continues to see more investors insisting that their investment managers ...

ACSI launches Stewardship Code for Australian asset owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Australia joins countries around the world with the launch of a stewardship code for Australian asset owners, aimed at increasing the transparency and accountability of stewardship activities in Australia. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The Australian Council ...

University of Melbourne launches Sustainability Plan 2017-2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... university. The University of Melbourne is putting in place a framework for fossil fuel divestment for its AU$2 billion endowment fund, Tait said. The endowment is managed by the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC), and the fund has between ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Three Australian superannuation funds have achieved the highest mark of AAA in the 2016 Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s 2016 benchmark index. AODP this week released the 2016 Global Climate 500 Index, which rates the world's 500 biggest asset ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, has implemented a new investment performance framework that will focus on productivity, ecosystem services, land use planning, shared prosperity, risk management, and governance. David ...